1.
Ajofia: the chief egwugwu from Umuofia
2.
Amadi: the leper that Machi mistakes for a white man
3.
Amalinze the Cat: the wrestler that Okonkwo threw when he was a teenager
4.
Anene: Ekwefi's previous husband who she ran away from
5.
Ani: the Earth goddess and the goddess of fertility. She is the goddess that the Festival of Yams is for
6.
Chielo: the oracle's priestess who tells Unoka's fortune and why he can't grow any crops
7.
Chukwu: the main god of the Ibo people
8.
Egwugwu: the council of nine gods representing the nine villages. They are actually important men in the village, and Evil Forest is the leader
9.
Ekwefi: Okonkwo's second wife and the mother of Ezinma. Okonkwo won her over when he threw the Cat in the wrestling match and she really likes the wrestling
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Enoch: a member of the Christian converts who allegedly killed and ate a sacred python
11.
Evil Forest: the place where they take people to die and such. Also the head of the egwugwu with smoke pouring out of his head
12.
Ezeani: the priest of the earth goddess Ani who yells at Okonkwo for beating his wife during the Week of Peace
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Ezinma: the only daughter of Okonkwo's favorite wife. Okonkwo likes her because she looks like her mother, who was the most beautiful woman in the town
14.
Ikemefuna: the young boy who was sacrificed to Umuofia as part of the price for killing the woman in the marketplace
15.
Mr. Brown: the first white priest in Umuofia
16.
Nwakibie: the man that Unoka owed money to, and who gave Okonkwo the 800 yam seeds to start him off
17.
Nwoye (Isaac): the son of Okonkwo's first wife and Ikemefuna's friend. He is two years younger, and he looks up to Ikemefuna
18.
Obierika: Maduka's father and Okonkwo's friend whose daughter was getting married
19.
Ogbuefi Ezeudu: the oldest man in the village who also tells Okonkwo not to attend Ikemefuna's death who also died
20.
Okagbue: the priest that helped find Ezinma's iyi-uwa
21.
Okonkwo: the main character and tragic hero
22.
Oracle of the Hills and Caves (Agbala): the oracle that everyone goes to see in the hills
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Reverend James Smith: the replacement priest for Mr. Brown who has a really different management style
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Uchendu: Okonkwo's mother's younger brother, who receives him when he arrives in Mbanta and the oldest member of his family
25.
Unoka: Okonkwo's father who was poor and never had any titles and who also had a great deal of debt. Okonkwo doesn't like him at all and wants to forget him. He died of the swelling, which was a gross way to go and so the people left him in the Evil Forest